Tom, I guess it all depends on your contract terms. If the software requires a key to run, then you should be able to get paid for delivering an updated key. If you are delivering source code, well any competent programmer could probably circumvent your key logic and be prepared to face the consequences if you choose to audit them. On the other hand, if the license key is for support, then they have rights to use the software as delivered, but upgrades or help would require an active subscription easily verified on your end.
Regards, Don -- Donald Grinsell, Systems Programmer Enterprise Technology Services Bureau SITSD/Montana Department of Administration 406.444.2983 (D) "It was as true as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them." ~ Charles Dickens (1812-70) > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Savor, Thomas (Alpharetta) > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2018 2:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Product license key program > > > Back to the keys question, I've tried to figure out how to even have keys in > the application system. > Places that I've worked at, there have been times when getting paid for our > software or services has been difficult to collect, so what about keys ?? > Well, that becomes a challenge when we have always delivered the code to the > customer...not really sure how to do that. > > Thanks, > > Tom Savor > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
